IHG Rewards Club is increasing the price of reward nights at 499 hotels worldwide, about 10% of their global portfolio. 192 hotels drop by 5,000 points. A FlyerTalk member spotted the list of new reward rates, but there is no official word yet on when these new reward rates take effect. IHG Rewards Club 2018…

The current 50% off sale to Oct 5 for Hilton Honors points had me examining category 1 hotels in Europe. The price of a category 1 reward night at 5,000 points means $25 hotel nights. That drops to only $20 per night for Honors elite members paying $100 for 20,000 points for a 5th night…

There are only 7 Club Carlson category 1 hotels in Europe at 9,000 points per reward night. Park Inn Kaunas is certainly the gem of these hotels with a nice center of the city location for Lithuania’s second largest city at 300,000 residents. The hotel is one street off a one mile long pedestrian thoroughfare…

For my February trip to Sofia, Bulgaria I booked three different hotel stays for the same dates with reservations for Radisson Blu Sofia on a 2-for-1 rate, Starwood’s Sofia Balkan Hotel on a Cash & Points rate and Ramada Sofia City Centre on Wyndham Rewards GoFast rate. Why did I choose to keep the Ramada…

The high cost of Auckland hotels caught me by surprise. Room rates over $150 USD per night were common for my November 2016 dates. My objective for staying at Choice Hotels seven nights to requalify for Platinum elite in 2016-2017 was set in part due to some of the lowest hotel rates available at Choice…

Three trips to Europe to earn American Airlines AAdvantage Executive Platinum elite status are ticketed. Six airline tickets for intra-Europe travel are ticketed. This is a long piece detailing in part how I created a multi-faceted European itinerary for September 2015 while pulling in some 40,000 EQM and 70,000 redeemable miles in American Airlines AAdvantage,…

Wyndham Rewards launched their new hotel loyalty program in the past few hours with every hotel reward night priced at 15,000 points. I may burn 30,000 points in the next 24 hours for a southern charmer of a place in Charleston, South Carolina called The Mills House. That hotel is $375 per night after tax…

Quality Inn Downtown Inner Harbour Victoria has a fantastic location in the capital city of British Columbia. At only three stories high, you won’t find a harbor view like you might have at the Marriott and soon-to-open DoubleTree around the corner in high rise buildings. The 70% savings on the price compared to those upper…